Parents have been warned after a teenager was allegedly approached by a man in a van near a Bristol school.

Police received a report that a 13-year-old girl had been approached by a van driver near The Lamb Inn in Windsor Place, Mangotsfield.

The incident on Monday, at around 12.30pm, prompted Mangotsfield School – where the teenager is a Year 9 pupil - to issue a text warning to all parents on Tuesday asking them to remind their children not to talk to strangers if approached.

Head teacher David Spence said: “The pupil’s mother reported it to the police and then rang us to say it had happened, which is when we put a text out.

David Spence, head teacher at Mangotsfield School, said the girl was not at school when the incident occurred but a text had been sent out to inform parents

“The only description we have of the man is he was white, in his 20s and driving a white van.

“We would just like to remind pupils not to be tempted to talk to strangers on their way to or from school.”